The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1755-4179.htm Shareholder and stakeholder theory: after the financial crisis Terence Tse ESCP Europe‚ London‚ UK Abstract Purpose – The recent financial crisis has restarted the debate of the value of both shareholder and stakeholder theories. This paper aims to continue this discussion. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews existing literature and examines the benefits and problems associated
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A. FIRM AND ITS OBJECTIVE: Conventional theory of firm assumes profit maximization is the sole objective of business firms. But recent researches on this issue reveal that the objectives the firms pursue are more than one. Some important objectives‚ other than profit maximization are: (a) Maximization of the sales revenue (b) Maximization of firm’s growth rate (c) Maximization of Managers utility function (d) Making satisfactory rate of Profit (e) Long run Survival of the firm (f) Entry-prevention
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The owners of a corporation are the Shareholders. They control the firm’s management by controlling the corporation’s direction‚ policies and activities. First‚ they elect a Board of Directors‚ who then‚ select top management. These members of top management serve as corporate officers and manage the operations of the corporation in the best interest of the shareholders. An agency relationship exists between stockholders and management because the shareholders select the directors of the Corporation
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affecting Airline companies and safety is the first thing customers will consider. Since the ticket of Airline are usually expensive‚ customers would not give their money to the firms they do not trust. Secondly‚ this industry needs planes and experience of flying which also lowers the threat of new entrants. If a new firm plan to enter this industry‚ they need to firstly become licensed which may take more than one year‚ and after that they will be constantly being regulated by different organizations
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Shareholder Value Added Definition Shareholder Value Added is a measurement to see if it is worth the expense for an investor to buy stock in a company where Shareholder Value Added integrates financial statement of the business into one significant evaluation. It is also represent the economic profits generated by a business and beyond the minimum return required by all providers of investment. While‚ value is added when the overall net income cash flow of the business exceeds the economic cost
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Chico and the Man is a comedy in the 70’s that shows how a grumpy old white man becomes friends with a Chicano. Ed Brown is the grumpy old man who owned and operated a filing station in Las Angeles. He hires a fast talking cherry young Chicano to help him run the station‚ he eventually lets him live in the station and they both learn about each other’s generation and culture and learn how to love each other. It shows situations on how a Mexican and white people can live and work together
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Majority shareholders own more than half of outstanding shares in the company whilst minority shareholders own less than 50% of the share capital. Majority shareholders are usually also the directors of the company. They in effect control the operations of the company and their actions may be to their benefit. The law therefore‚ in light of this possibility provides various legal remedies available to the minority shareholder. In this case Ergan‚ Arif and Moshe the minority shareholders are unhappy
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Summary In recent decades ‚the phenomenon that a lot of companies focus on increasing the shareholder value has aroused wide concern among various circles. In view of this issue‚ creating shareholder value maybe is a main point to allow the company to achieve success in their marketplace. According to Alfred Rappaport ‚ there are 10 ways that can create shareholder value. The first one is ‘Do not manage earnings or provide earnings guidance’ .A lot of companies are keen on reducing the spend
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Managers are hired to act on behalf of the shareholders of a firm. However‚ this is not always the case as both parties have different objectives. The difference in interests between shareholders and managers ‘derives from the separation of ownership and control in a corporation’ (Berk and DeMarzo‚ 2011: 921). Whereas shareholders are interested in maximising their own wealth‚ managers may have more personal interests which differ to that of the shareholders. Downs and Monsen (no date‚ cited in Chin
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School of Accounting & Finance The Hong Kong Polytechnic University AF2111 Accounting for Decision making Semester 1 of 2013/2014 Academic Year Meeting Time: Thursday‚ 19:30 - 21:20 Venue: DE401 (subject group S01) Instructor: Ms Sarah Cheng Mei Ling Office: M754‚ Li Ka Shing Building Tel. No.: (852) 2766-7027 E-mail:
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